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Peter Mayhew
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İngiliz-Amerikalı sinema oyuncusu (1944 – 2019)
Film & TV
Barnes, London, England, UK
Peter Mayhew (May 19, 1944 – April 30, 2019) was a British-American actor, best known for playing Chewbacca in the Star Wars films. Mayhew was born on 19 May 1944 in Barnes, Surrey, where he was also raised. His height was a product not of gigantism — "I don't have the big head" — but of an overactive pituitary gland secondary to a genetic disease called Marfan Syndrome. The overactive pituitary…
Known for
- Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey — Self2016
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Chewbacca2015
- Comic Book Men — Self2012
- Jedi Junkies — Self2010
- Fanboys — Self (uncredited)2009
- Yesterday Was a Lie — Dead Man2009
- Glee — Chewbacca2009
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith — Chewbacca2005
- Collectormania 7 — Self2005
- Comic Book: The Movie — Peter Mayhew2004
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Key facts
- Born
- Peter William Mayhew , ( 1944-05-19 ) 19 May 1944, Barnes , Surrey , England
- Died
- 30 April 2019 (2019-04-30) (aged 74), Boyd, Texas , US
- Resting place
- Azleland Memorial Park and, Mausoleum Reno, Texas , US
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1976–2016
- Known for
- Playing Chewbacca in the, Star Wars franchise
- Height
- 7 ft 3 in (221 cm)
- Spouse
- Mary Cigainero ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1999 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Barnes
- Place of death
- Boyd
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- acting
- Official website
- www.chewbacca.com
- Image
- Peter Mayhew 2015.jpg
- Height
- 218
- Number of children
- 3
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- Commons category
- Peter Mayhew
- date of birth
- 1944-05-19
- name in native language
- Peter Mayhew
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- date of death
- 2019-04-30
- end of work period
- 2019-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- birth name
- Peter William Mayhew
- social media followers
- 327643
- writing language
- English language
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